Skull and Bones ESRB listing appears, this thing might actually be happening

pcgamer.com:

More evidence that Skull and Bones(opens in new tab) is a videogame that will someday see the light of day has surfaced in the form of an official Entertainment Software Rating Board listing(opens in new tab). The M (Mature 17+) listing doesn't contain a date, but it does actually exist, and that's a big step in its own right.

Skull and Bones, for those who have lost track, was originally announced in June 2017, but despite a promising initial presence(opens in new tab) it was soon cursed with the doldrums: Multiple delays pushed it into 2019, then 2020, and then an open-ended whenever(opens in new tab). Things began to coalesce earlier this year, though, and in March Ubisoft actually put out a call for playtesters(opens in new tab)—another big sign that, yes, progress is being made.

Ubisoft urged followers to «stay tuned» in an April tweet, right around the time that a six-minute intro video leaked onto Reddit(opens in new tab), but has otherwise been silent on the topic. But the appearance of games on rating websites is a pretty sure sign that more meaningful news isn't too far off. And even though the listing doesn't have a launch date, screenshots, or a cool trailer, it does provide some insight into what's ahead: Players will begin the game as a «shipwrecked outcast» and work toward becoming a famed pirate captain by taking on missions, exploring settlements, and of course engaging in dramatic battles upon the high seas.

«From a first-person perspective, players command their crew to shoot cannons at rivals (e.g., warships, merchant ships, settlements/forts) in attempts to obtain loot/goods,» the ESRB listing says. «Enemy ships can be rammed and boarded, resulting in brief cutscenes of crew members shooting or